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Customers in Nigeria can now send funds to more than 200 countries and territories at FirstBank branches First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank), Nigeria’s largest banking institution, and MoneyGram International, a leader in money transfer and global payment services, today announced the launch of outbound remittance service in Nigeria. Since money transfers began in Nigeria […]

This definitely is one of the most trying times for Nigerian Judiciary! That was the statement that popped into my mind when the news filtered in last Sunday that the immediate past president of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Mr. Oke Wali SAN had been kidnapped by some unknown gunmen. This worrisome development which came on […]

The battle between the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) and Stephen Keshi, the Super Eagles head coach got to a head Thursday morning as NFF sent him packing from his job and appointed Coach Amodu Shuaibu to take over the team for a while before an expatriate would be appointed as head coach. Also affected by […]

It was a mammoth crowd that witnessed the declaration on Wednesday by a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari, for the presidential election in 2015 as the former army general said he has what it takes to tackle insecurity and corruption, the two main problems that have taken over the entire nation. […]

Ahead of the 2015 general elections, seven ministers in the cabinet of President Goodluck Jonathan have resigned their appointments. www.www.aso.rocks search engine  gathered that those who threw in the towel on Wednesday includes the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu; the Minister of State for Niger Delta, Dairus Ishak, the Minister of Labour and Productivity, […]

Once in a while, we all feel the need to go into our inner self.  This act of introspection can sometimes lead to quite cathartic moments when we simply unburden our soul.  However, some cathartic moments are not planned; they just happen.  And so it proved recently with the esteemed Oba of Lagos, His Royal […]

The Senior Staff Union of Colleges of Education, Nigeria (SSUCOEN) in the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOED) of Lagos state on Monday declared that it could no longer bear the constraint imposed on the union by the state government. Members of the union also made it known that they were embarking on an industrial […]

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has passed a vote of no confidence on all governors of the northern states of the federation, saying the loss of confidence is because they have become “sell-outs”. The Forum accused the governors of betraying their zone with an alleged agreement with President Goodluck Jonathan to seek re-election instead of […]

A top member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and candidate of the Social Democratic Mega Party (SDMP) in the 2011 presidential election, Professor Pat Utomi, has expressed his desire to vie for elective office, but said he was awaiting the call of his people and the party he now belongs. Utomi, who spoke on […]

The minute step between life and death was once again emphasised on Tuesday in Asaba, capital of Delta State, when a Nollywood actor, Clem Onyeka, was killed in a gun battle between operatives of the Delta State Police Command and daredevil armed robbers who attempted to hijack a bullion van. Onyeka was only at the […]

 Mohammed Sambo Dasuki,Nigeria’s National Security Adviser on Monday at the ECOSOC Chamber, United Nations Headquarters, New York, unveiled  Nigeria’s new approach to countering and dismantling violent extremism in Nigeria. The Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) program, according to Dasuki, is aimed at identifying the underlying causes of radicalization (Social, Cultural, Religious, and Economic) and to develop […]Read More

The fate of millions of hungry looking, mal-nourished and oppressed Imolites will be decided soon as Imo prepares to go to the poll in 2015. It is clear that for Imo to be better again we must kick out the fat-cat Governor of Imo State Chief Rochas Okorocha  in 2015. Okorocha has  grown fat and […]